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In 1908 Cook made his own first and only "dash to the Pole." He left the land in March, trekked across the pack ice with only two Eskimos, two sleds, 26 dogs. He claimed that he reached the North Pole on April 21, spent two days taking observations of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Gold Brick? | 12/4/1939 | See Source »

The last half of her book is devoted to the Civil War, which she prefers to describe as a fascist invasion. Though she keeps her account simple and personal, she gives an abundance of the war's history, of which, as head of the Foreign Press Bureau, she is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Spanish Histories | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

Son of an immigrant Irish newspaperman, Herbert Croly was the first child adopted into New York City's Ethical Culture Society. Proud, shy, intellectual, Croly suffered agonies of embarrassment interviewing any stranger, virtual torment when impassioned liberals appeared. Despite a soft, almost whispered voice, he dominated liberal gatherings, New...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PUBLIC OPINION: Liberals | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

The common European starling, Sturnus vulgaris, is a black-hued bird with a blue-green iridescence on its glossy plumage. Introduced to the U. S. in 1890 to crowd out sparrows, starlings themselves have become a nuisance in some eastern cities, notably Washington. When they gang up in great flocks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Versatile Sturnus | 10/30/1939 | See Source »

Last year horrified reports cropped up that liquid oxygen was being used to fill bombs of dreadful killing power. An article in Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Review pooh-poohed this bogey, on the ground that liquid oxygen explosives are so sensitive that they cannot safely be transported from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Science & War | 9/11/1939 | See Source »

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